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To hate this trend for hanging televisions on the wall.

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Lagoonablue · 30/01/2015 20:08

Especially when it is on the party wall in the fucking bedroom and we have to listen to the NND watching crap at night.

It is the worst idea ever IMO. Looks terrible and is highly anti -social.

End of rant.

OP posts:

ZingTheGreat · 01/02/2015 18:44

I'm stuck at the thread title hanging televisionS on the wall

how many TVs is too many OP ?
2? 3?
do they work with the same remote or are they licensed separately?
I'd get annoyed at 2 or more screens on the same wall, but the idea of one on each wall appeals to me!
We'd sit in the middle of room on armchairs arranged in musical chairs fashion, headphones on and be king of our own personal remotes and programmes and volume and pace, stop, rewind & forward independently...hmmm, sounds like bliss!

Sarsparilla · 01/02/2015 18:47

I hate the trend for having big TVs myself, but I don't really care where people put them.I don't see how they would dominate a room more by being on the wall, they dominate the room because they are black and enormous, not because they are on the wall. (I wonder if in the future you will be able to have TV's that match the colour of the wall behind them when they are switched off...)

I'm sure that programme makers now expect everyone to have massive TVs, and they shoot their programmes accordingly, which is a pain for people with small tvs.

We have a small flat screen TV (19 inch), and it's quite far away from the sofa due to the shape of our living room.

If we are watching a modern programme, and there is something like a letter shown on screen we can NEVER read what it says - it's too fleeting and small. We don't have that problem with older programmes, the camera stays long enough for your eyes to focus.
Subtitles can also be difficult sometimes.
I'm sure sport is shot from further away too, and it doesn't really suit our size of screen.

Anyway, we can't afford a new, bigger one, so will just have to carry on straining our eyes, or pushing the sofa into the middle of the room so we don't miss anything

Bodicea · 01/02/2015 18:59

It's bad for your eyes to look up all the time. So no yanbu.

PrimalLass · 01/02/2015 19:41

I don't like them either. I've looked on google images and there's not one that looks good (to me). But then our tv is on a 'shabby shite' painted sideboard and MN hated that sort of thing too.

Aussiemum78 · 01/02/2015 19:57

Both of ours are on the wall. Not too far up. No wires. We even have an outdoor tv on a wall (don't knock it, it's essential to be able to watch cricket while floating in the pool or cooking a BBQ).

It's not like you have "art" behind the tv anyway, that would look stupid.

And hiding wires isn't that hard. Having cords everywhere looks shit house. Tv stands are dust collectors.

MamaPizza · 01/02/2015 20:01

Ours is on the wall. Above the fireplace

It was a choice between big marine tank or TV in the alcove. The marine tank has won, well we can't really stick that on the wall .
TV has to be on the wall as other alcove has a shelving unit. No cables to be seen as we drilled a hole through the wall and plastered and wallpapered over it.

All good in my opinion. And no aching neck as it's tilted.

MrsItsNoworNotatAll · 01/02/2015 20:07

I don't like to see TV's above the fireplace but can see why people put them there. It's not so much the TV that takes up room it's the units they go on that use up space.

A TV above our fireplace would look dire. Too high up and I hate looking up at a TV for too long. The dds have them wall mounted in their rooms to save on space but don't watch much anyway. The previous next door neighbours had one mounted on their, party to ours and used to piss off when they had it on loud on a Sunday morning. They were oblivious to the noise they used to make, by that I mean loud music, arguing and stomping about but quick to complain if they were disturbed.

They moved. That was a very happy day for me.

Dognado · 01/02/2015 20:20

Got to love MN snobbery. I loved the thread once about how mugs, other than plain white, were entirely unacceptable.

I do have my TV on the wall, but at the same height it would be on a stand. Wires hidden and a cabinet with sky box etc underneath. I like the safety for children and not needing the stand.

I honestly do wonder about the people who think it's awful, have a sneaking suspicion they might not be quite as tasteful as they think.

Dognado · 01/02/2015 20:22

BlueBrightBlue · 01/02/2015 20:29

I am definitely going to hang my tv on the wall.
It is less obtrusive and will free up space in my small sitting room.
at present the tv dominates the room, which is a pity as I seldom watch it although dc does.
The wires will be chased in and hardly noticeable.
I think flat screen TV's are a Godsend.

LegsOfSteel · 01/02/2015 20:53

Do all you folk who have TVs above the fireplace never have the fire on?
As previous posters have mentioned the heat from the fire is not good for the TV. Ours stated this in the mounting instructions.
Ours is on the wall as there is nowhere else it would fit nicely.

Tinkerball · 01/02/2015 21:06

Our fire is electric and we only ever have it on with the non heat function when it just looks like flames, we never had it on before we put the TV above it either. Through the wall is my neighbours stairs, don't see how being up on the wall is any louder compared to being on a stand there anyway.

Shakey1500 · 01/02/2015 21:10

Our "fireplace" is for aesthetics only, just thought the room looked "odd" without one. Likewise we only put the flame effect on.

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